Nashville vs Sharpsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Nashville and Sharpsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Nashville and Sharpsburg are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Nashville has the higher population (5,672 vs 1,629 in Sharpsburg). Nashville has the higher median household income ($63,553 vs $39,792 in Sharpsburg). Nashville has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $116,700 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Nashville	Sharpsburg
Population	5,672	1,629
Median age	40.2 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,553	$39,792
Median home value	$191,700	$116,700
Median gross rent	$1,009	$1,002
Housing units	2,635	803
Homeownership rate	56.6%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashville	Sharpsburg
Population	5,516 → 5,672 (+2.8%)	2,133 → 1,629 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$56,288 → $63,553 (+12.9%)	$26,977 → $39,792 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$136,900 → $191,700 (+40.0%)	$83,000 → $116,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,009 (+16.6%)	$764 → $1,002 (+31.2%)

Nashville

Population

5,5165,672

Median household income

$56,288$63,553

Median home value

$136,900$191,700

Median gross rent

$865$1,009

Sharpsburg

Population

2,1331,629

Median household income

$26,977$39,792

Median home value

$83,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$764$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nashville	Sharpsburg
Under 5	8.7%	13.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	8.5%
75 and over	7.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashville	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	34.0%	35.4%
Black or African American	62.1%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashville	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	7.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashville	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	76.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	11.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashville	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	69.6%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Nashville	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	20.8%	19.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1992	1988